Use of a life events calendar approach to elicit occupational history from farmers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 470-476

  Hoppin, Jane A ^a   Tolbert, Paige E ^a   Flagg, Elaine W ^a   Blair, Aaron ^b   Zahm, Shelia H ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Exposure assessment; Farming; Questionnaires; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NEGRO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME;

EID: 0031709557     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199811)34:5<470::AID-AJIM7>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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